Suggestions:

(1) Try an alternative media player. Some are betters than others with
videos of specific formats/codecs. Many are free.
(2) Try a different PC with similar cabapilities, at least temporarily. If
another PC has similar problems, then maybe the reall problem is the video
file, not the PC. If so, try making the video file differently. If the
other PC works, try to detemrine how it is different.
(3) Turn off your antivirus while playing the video. Some insist on
scanning files 24/7, and can reduce PC performance.

Note that how well some videos play is more detemined by the video card
speed and/or video RAM than by the CPU speed and its associated RAM. If the
video plays well on a another PC, compare the video card/RAM specifications,
or built-in video, if that is what is being used.


"AuthorCancerForTwo" <AuthorCancerForTwo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:680161AA-ECEF-4D4D-96FB-2EA85F6343A0@microsoft.com...
>I use video in presentations and it is jerky when it plays. This started
> suddenly about six months ago for no apparent reason.
>
> I am running XP sp2, 512mb on a Lattitude D610
>
> I used the Performance tool in XP and everytime the video jerked the
> paging
> rate was all the way to the top of the scale. I have found that replaying
> the video eliminates the jerking, so that would indicate a lower paging
> rate
> because much of the video is already buffered.
>
> AHA, thought I... more memory will solve the problem, so I bought 2GB on
> sale, put it in, and it behaves EXACTLY the same way.
>
> With plenty of memory and all the default media player settings, why am I
> still paging so much?
>
>